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Category: Earth Files

Our coverage of environment and climate change issues, including “cold” cases of environment disasters. Earth Files is supported by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network, which aims to empower journalists from developing countries to cover the environment more effectively.

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Lessons from 3 disasters (e-book)

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    Categories Earth Files News

    Toxicologist: Dolomite particles may cause cancer, other diseases

    By Reiven Pascasio  |  Sep 13, 2020 8:50 PM

    The possible presence of toxic heavy metals and silica dust in the crushed dolomite rocks dumped at the Manila Baywalk may cause cancer, respiratory and kidney problems and subsequently weaken the immune system, a toxicologist had warned.

    dolomite

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    Categories Commentary Earth Files

    Unsettling justifications for the ‘Boracay’ on Manila Bay project

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  Sep 07, 2020 1:30 PM

    The environment department’s project to beautify Manila Bay smacks of insensitivity to the people’s difficulties in coping with the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and contradicts President Duterte’s vow to spend public money judiciously, particularly in this time of pandemic.

    Manila Bay

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch Earth Files Editor's Pick News

    Wildlife and COVID-19: What the public can do

    By Booma Cruz, Charmaine Deogracias and Elijah Roderos  |  May 27, 2020 12:31 PM

    This is a call to action for each and every one of us to protect wildlife and the environment.​

    COVID-19, Pandemic, wildlife

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch Earth Files Editor's Pick News

    Wildlife to COVID-19: The Real Culprits

    By Charmaine Deogracias, Elijah Roderos and Booma Cruz  |  May 17, 2020 1:34 PM

    Eating bats, particularly its wings, drive evil spirits away, according to a popular Philippines folklore. Another widely held belief is that pangolin scales ward off witch’s spells, while its meat cures asthma.

    bats, COVID-19, pangolin, wildlife trade

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    Categories Commentary Earth Files

    Upside of Covid-19 pandemic- clear skies

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  May 14, 2020 12:22 PM

    It took the much-dreaded Covid-19 to give the environment a break from Man’s abuses.

    covid-19PH

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch Earth Files Editor's Pick News

    Bats, Snakes, and Pangolins: The COVID-19 Suspects

    By Charmaine C. Deogracias  |  Apr 26, 2020 1:57 PM

    Various studies support the theory that COVID-19 is a zoonotic disease — one that originated from animals and passed on to human beings. What has still to be confirmed is the culprit animal species. Yet, bats, snakes and pangolins have already become prime suspects.

    COVID-19

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    Categories Earth Files Editor's Pick News

    Uneasy calm as Taal watch continues

    By Photos by Luis Liwanag  |  Jan 18, 2020 7:46 AM

    It’s an uneasy calm around Taal volcano almost a week after it spewed enormous ashes that blanketed surrounding towns forcing thousands of families to flee to ash-covered but safer grounds.

    Taal volcano

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    Categories Earth Files Editor's Pick News

    Taal roars after four decades of almost silence

    By Photos by Luis V. Liwanag and text by Klaire Ting  |  Jan 13, 2020 8:13 PM

    Residents of Batangas were startled when the Taal, which has been quiet for more than four decades – suddenly rumbled and spewed ashes that enveloped nearby towns and cities, reaching as far as Quezon City and Antipolo.

    environment, Taal, volcano

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    Categories Earth Files News

    Public urged to use eco-friendly materials and curb wasteful consumption

    By Photos and text by Klaire Ting  |  Dec 23, 2019 10:33 AM

    It is around the holidays that the country generates the biggest volume of garbage, including plastic, says Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu, so consumers are reminded to reuse and recycle and choose materials that do not harm the environment.

    eco-friendly, plastic

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    Categories Earth Files News

    A decade after Ondoy, lessons are still being learned

    By Klaire Ting  |  Sep 25, 2019 11:26 PM

    Ten years to the day, the memories of that disaster are still vivid in many people’s minds.

    Disaster Preparedness, flood, ondoy, women

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